tallage
English
Etymology
From French taillage, from tailler (“to cut”).
Pronunciation
Noun
tallage (countable and uncountable, plural tallages)
- An impost.
- (UK, law, obsolete or historical) A certain rate or tax paid by barons, knights, and inferior tenants toward the public expenses.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Blackstone to this entry?)
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Translations
medieval tax
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Verb
tallage (third-person singular simple present tallages, present participle tallaging, simple past and past participle tallaged)
- To lay an impost upon.
- To cause to pay tallage.
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